Searching for Missing Baryons with WMAP and PLANCK
About half the baryons in the local Universe could be in the form of a Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). If a large fraction of the gas is ionized, it could...
Numerical simulations have played a crucial role in the development of modern cosmology and in the establishment of LCDM. In this talk, I will review the main...
SPICA: A Cryogenic Infrared Telescope for ESA's Next Medium-Class Science Mission (M5)
In 2016, an international consortium led by SRON (Netherlands) in close collaboration with Japan (JAXA) and with important Spanish participation (CAB, INTA and...
Stellar black holes at the dawn of the Universe: cosmological implications
The so called "dark ages" of the universe began about 400.000 years after the Big Bang as matter cooled down and space became filled with neutral hydrogen for...